Thursday, June 30, 2016

Anti-terrorism package went to the president – Kommersant

The Federation Council approved yesterday an anti-terrorism package of amendments Irina Spring, despite requests by the Human Rights Council under the President, the business ombudsman, mobile operators and Tatarstan State Council to reject and modify it. Opponents of the law, appealed to the President to veto it, waiting for his decision. Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the president is familiar with all the comments and take a decision.

Discussion on the anti-terrorism law (sm. “b” of 29 June) has begun in the Federation Council (FC) even when adopting the agenda, when Senator Anton Belyakov proposed lifting them from consideration. He called the amendment “very controversial.” “I would suggest them to more thoroughly discuss, listen to the opinion business, regions”, – he added. Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said that the right of every senator – to express its position in the vote. “It would be possible to hide your head in the sand, but I believe that the law is really resonant, right, it is very sensitive and I think is right for society, if we discuss, we state our position.”, – She said. Mr. Belyakov proposal was rejected.

who represented the anti-terrorist laws of the co-author, the head of the Federation Council’s security committee, Viktor Ozerov assured that into account, “the vast majority of the proposals’ and of the laws of the situation of deprivation of nationality were removed, restriction of travel abroad and on arms trafficking. He noted, and a decrease in terms of storing information about the content of negotiations of up to six months. The requirement for the storage of cellular operators of three years of information about the facts of subscriber connections, Mr. Ozerov substantiated by the fact that “in Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, such information is stored for three years.” Senators were interested in how and what money mobile operators and ISPs organize data storage, if Russian technology is not, and have to buy them abroad, in the same America. They were worried that it was going to hit, and business and the state, which will be deprived of income tax. Senator Alexei Kondratenko said that if all the equipment is imported, the information can go abroad. Viktor Ozerov reassured: “Access to information may only be employees of power structures through the courts.” Member of the Federation Olga Timofeeva said that in Russia “there is neither the technology nor the means to implement this law,” and promised to vote against. Mr. Ozerov assured her that to prepare for the implementation of the law is the time it enters into force in July 2018. And Mrs. Matvienko said that the Ministry of Communications, “promised that they would release all the equipment.”

Tatarstan representative in the Federation Council, Oleg Morozov said that in the country are concerned about the restriction of missionary activities (see. “B” of 29 June). “We have many rituals carried out at home. Who will determine the believer holds a ceremony or a missionary?” – He added. According to Mr. Ozerov, is the “only applies to those who arrived in the Russian Federation and intends to recruit people to their faith.” Senator Anton Belyakov called “missionary activity limitation immoral.” “This is the law of the total negotiation records, the total control of all citizens – all the special services will record, monitor and store data,” – he said.

As a result of the law relating to mobile operators, voted 141 Senator (five – against, nine abstentions), with the amendments to the Criminal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure, toughening punishment for a series of articles, – 151 Senator (four abstentions). Viktor Ozerov did not rule out that the results of the law enforcement practice certain provisions of the law can be amended.

Critics of the anti-terrorism package is calculated that the president veto it. With such a request addressed to Vladimir Putin All-Tatar Public Center, Advisory Council of Heads of Protestant Churches of Russia, human rights defenders. The head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseeva expressed the hope that the president will not sign “this wild set of laws.” The head of the Human Rights Council under the President Mikhail Fedotov said that the council “as soon as possible” direct appeal to the President calling on him not to sign the law and recommend to the State Duma to resume its consideration in the autumn session. According to Mr. Fedotov, for a real fight against terrorism “need accurate, adequate and constitutional law, and not what is written in a hurry, on the run.” “There are now so many internal contradictions and contradictions with other laws of our country,” – he said.

Vladimir Putin is familiar with all the comments in the package of amendments address, said his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov. He noted that the decision will be taken by the president, when the law will go to his signature. “The president has the right – or to sign or not sign,” – he said.

Natalia Gorodetsky


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